Old Swedish

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Old Swedish (Modern Swedish: fornsvenska; Old Swedish: Svænska, 14th c.) is the broad name for the Old East Norse that was spoken in Sweden during the Middle Ages from the Viking Age to the 16th century, when Early Modern Swedish had taken over. It is traditionally split into three distinct stages: Runic Swedish (runsvenska) – the Swedish "Runic Old Norse" language, attested only in Runic inscriptions, spoken from about 800 until about 1250 Early Old Swedish (klassisk fornsvenska) – the Swedish "Classical Old Norse" language, spoken from about 1250 (the Westrogothic law) until about 1350 Late Old Swedish (yngre fornsvenska) – the Swedish "Middle Norse" language, spoken from about 1350 (the Magnus Eriksson's Country Law) until about 1550 (the Gustav Vasa Bible) Old Swedish developed from Old East Norse, the eastern dialect of Old Norse. The earliest forms of the Swedish and Danish languages, spoken between the years 800 and 1100, were dialects of Old East Norse and are referred to as Runic...

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